Using gx with text-only browser

I usually use nvim at the console and would like to set gx to open a URL
under the cursor with /usr/bin/links. I have tried setting these options:

let netrw_browsex_viewer=``/usr/bin/links''
let netrw_http_cmd=``links''

All that happens, though, is that the console screen blinks while the
lookup silently fails. If anyone could suggest the correct way to do
this I'd appreciate it.

(BTW when I run nvim in an xterm, gx calls up chrome with no problems.)

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